package org.apache.maven.doxia.macro.manager;

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import org.apache.maven.doxia.macro.Macro;

/**
 * Handles MacroManager lookups.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface MacroManager
{
    /** The Plexus lookup role. */
    String ROLE = MacroManager.class.getName();

    /**
     * Returns the MacroManager that corresponds to the given id.
     *
     * @param id The identifier.
     * @return The corresponding MacroManager.
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.macro.manager.MacroNotFoundException if no MacroManager could be found
     * for the given id.
     */
    Macro getMacro( String id )
        throws MacroNotFoundException;

}